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Book review

This workbook is a companion piece to the textbook by the same author "Traditional English Grammar." This workbook includes 154 exercises for the student to complete and corresponds with the subjects in the textbook mentioned above. Topics include the history of traditional grammar, the parts of speech, syntax, the verb and usage, the pronoun and usage, adjectives and adverbs with usage, sentence composition, sentence diagramming, mechanics, and diction. Several exercises give the student practice for diagramming along with the other subjects mentioned above. Dr. Holley is a college profess and wrote this work based on his need to teach to students on a college level needing fundamentals. This is also ideal for use with high school students.